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S. A. PAYNE. H'AND P-LANTER.

Patented Apr; 10,1888.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OF ICE.

SAMUEL A. PAYNE, OF soorTSBUEe, INDIANA, AssiGNoaoE 'rwo'rriIRDs TO JAMES L. FISHER AND JOHN M. STOUT, or SAME PLACE,

L1H AN PLANT ER.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 381,083, dated April 10, 1888.

Application filed January 10, 1888.

Be it known that I, SAM EL A. PAYNE, a' citizen of the United States, residing at Scottsburg, in the county of Scott and State of Indiana,haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Hand-Planters, of which the following My invention relates to an improvement in combined hand corn-planters and fertilizerdistributers; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices, that will be more fully set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the'claims.

The object of my invention is to provide a hand corn-planter and fertilizer-distributer; which shall be extremely cheap and simple, easily operated, and readily packed in a small space when not in use;

, tain by the construction hereinafter described,

and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichf Figure'l is a perspective view of a combined handcorn-planter and fertilizer-distributer' embodying my improvements.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of thesame. Fig. 3 is a view of the top portion of the planter, showing the frame to which the hopper is fastened and illustratingindotted lines how the hopper may be collapsed.

A represents a vertical standard of suitable length, width, and thickness, to one side of which, near its lower end, is secured a box, 13, which is arranged at a suitable angle, as shown. This box is divided, into two compartments, 0 D, of unequal size, by a partition-plate, E, which has its side that is in the compartment D beveled or inclined, as shown. In the under side of this partition is an inclined channel, F, across the upper end of which is arranged abrush, G. The channel F at its inner end communicates with a seed cup or recess, G, in the bottom of the compartment 0.

H represents a slide which is arranged in a longitudinal groove on the, lower side of the box B, and is supported by a plate, I, which is screwed to the bottom of said box. The slide 11 has a circular opening, K, at a suitable distance from one end and a rectangular opening, L, arranged near the said opening K. At theouter end of the said opening L, on the upper side thereof, is a flange or ridge, M.

and these objects I at- 1 Serial No. 2tU,287. (No model.)

In thebottom of the plate I, near the center of a rectangular opening, N,with

the same, is

K L are adapted to alterwhich the openings nately; register when its lower end with a series: of openings O,

p the slide is operated. The said bottom plate, I, is also providedfnea'r which are adapted to permit the escape of any I particles of the fertilizer which may find their Way between the slide and the bottom plate,

1? represents ton fabric or other suitable material, has-its larger upper end stretched overa frame, which is made of wire, and is hinged to the standard by means of staples S, and the lower end of the said hopper is secured to thebox B, as shown. This hopper is divided into two compartments by a strip, T, of suitable fabric, which strip has its upper 66 a hopper,which is made of cotend secured-toa 5 cross-bar, U, in, thecenter of the fr ameB, and 70 .i

has its lower end secured to thepartitionplate E.

V represents a hook, which has its upper end hinged to the standard, A,.and is adapted to engage theframe B when the same'is turned to nearly a horizontal positionso as todistend the hopper.

W represents side of the hopper, and'betweenthe said ears to said standard. To the upper end of the said rod Y is secured ahandle, A.

The operation of my invention 1s as follows:

the hopper which communicates with the compartment C of the, box, and the fertilizer is placed in D of the box. A portion of the corn finds its way into the recess or cup G, and the fertilizer I Joe.

is supported on the upper side ofthe slide.

The field to be planted is laid off in furrows a I pair of ears, which are se-. cured to one side of the box B on the outer 1 r is fulcrumed a bell-crank lever, X, the lower end of which engages an opening in the'upper end of the slide. 7

[l -red, which has is I The corn is placed in that compartment of that compartment of the hopper which communicates with the compartment orcross-checked, as may be preferred, andthe' f operator grasps the machine by the handle and lowers the machine at regular intervals into the furrow which he is following. While the machine is suspended from the handle and is not in contact with the earth its gravity causes the rod Y to draw the bell-crank lever upward, so as to move the slide rearward and cause the same to cut off the channel F and the bottom of the fertilizer compartment of the hopper. When thelower end of the standard comes in contactwith the bottom of the furrow, the operator forces the handle-rod downward, which causes the slide to move forward, so that its opening K registers with the channel F, and the grains of corn in the said channel are dropped through the said opening into the furrow. As the operator draws his hand, upward to raiscthe machine from the ground, the rod Ymoves upward and causes the bell-crank lever to move the slide rearward and the flange on the said slide at the lower end of the opening L sweeps a suitable quantity of the fertilizer over the bottom plate, I, and when the said opening L registers with the opening N the fertilizer is dropped into the furrow in the same hill with the corn.

The machine may be readily carried and operated with one hand. When the machine is not in use, the hook-rod is disengaged from the frame R, and the latter is swung downward against the standard, as illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 3, thereby collapsing the hopper and enabling the machine to be stored in a very small space.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In a planter, the combination of the box having the compartments ODand the bottom opening, N, and the slide arranged on the bottom of the box, under the lower edge of the partition,between the compartments, said slide having the openings K L, thelatter beingprovided with the upwardly-projecting flange at its lower ends, substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a hand corn-planter, of the standard, the box secured thereto near its lower end, the slide arranged in the said box, the flexible hopper having its lower end secured to the box, the frame distending the upper end of the hopper and having one side hinged to the standard, the hook to engage the free end of the said frame and thereby distend the hopper, the operating-rod guided in the keeper on the standard, and a bell-crank lever connecting the lower end of the said rod to the slide, substantially as described.

3. In a combined hand corn-planter and fertilizer distributer, the combination of the standard A, the box B, secured thereto and communicating with the lower end of the hopper, said box having the compartments 0 D, the slide arranged under the said box and having the openings K and L, the latter provided with the upwardly projecting flange at its lower. end, the plate I, secured under the bottom of the box and supporting the slide and provided with the opening N, for the purpose set forth, the operating-rod guidedin a keeper on the standard and adapted to be reciprocated, and connections between the said rod and the slide to operate the latter, substantially as described.

4. In a hand corn -planter, the hopper P, madeof cotton fabric or other suitable flexible material, the frame R, to which the upper end of the hopper is secured, said frame being hinged to the standard of the corn-planter, and the rod V, to engage the hopper and hold it extended, as set forth.

5. In a hand corn-planter, the hopper having its lower end rigidly secured to the standard or leg of the planter and its upper end hinged to said standard, whereby the hopper may be collapsed, and the locking device to hold the hopper distended, as set forth.

6. In a hand corn-planter, the combination of the standard A, the box B, secured thereto and having the partition E, forming compartments 0 D, one side of said partition being inclined or beveled, the brush G, secured to the outer side of the partition, the slide, and the hopper secured to the box and having the partition T, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL A. PAYNE.

Witnesses:

W. G. HARROD, S. B. SHEARER. 

